remand
[ri-mand, -mahnd]
- to send back, remit, or consign again.
- Law.
- to send back (a case) to a lower court from which it was appealed, with instructions as to what further proceedings should be had.
- (of a court or magistrate) to send back (a prisoner or accused person) into custody, as to await further proceedings.
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- the act of remanding.
- the state of being remanded.
- a person remanded.
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Origin of remand
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Contemporary Examples
Morgan was remanded and on Monday he was on his way back to North Carolina, where he was once a bodybuilding champion.
The Mystery of Donald Ray Morgan, the 44-Year-Old American Who Loved ISISMichael Daly
August 12, 2014
On appeal in 2006, she was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity and remanded to a psychiatric hospital.
She was initially freed on $100,000 bail, but was remanded after two of her co-defendants absconded.
She was remanded in custody (along with Sollecito and later that night, Lumumba).
Also remanded was “the Chinese guy,” Alexander Chan, who had served five years on a 1997 heroin conviction.
Historical Examples
Christian, who it seems had been remanded, contrives to escape.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
The jury decided that Roe was guilty of the act, and remanded him for trial.
He was then remanded by Bonner, with an order not to allow him his Bible nor candlelight.
Fox's Book of MartyrsJohn Foxe
He was then informed of his sentence, and remanded to his prison.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745Mrs. Thomson
The old Antiquary is remanded back to jail—to wait the coming day.
An OutcastF. Colburn Adams
remand
- law (of a court or magistrate) to send (a prisoner or accused person) back into custody or admit him to bail, esp on adjourning a case for further inquiries to be made
- to send back
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- the sending of a prisoner or accused person back into custody (or sometimes admitting him to bail) to await trial or continuation of his trial
- the act of remanding or state of being remanded
- on remand in custody or on bail awaiting trial or completion of one's trial
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Word Origin
C15: from Medieval Latin remandāre to send back word, from Latin re- + mandāre to command, confine; see mandate
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Word Origin and History for remanded
remand
v.
mid-15c., from Middle French remander "send for again" (12c.) or directly from Late Latin remandare "to send back word, repeat a command," from Latin re- "back" (see re-) + mandare "to consign, order, commit to one's charge" (see mandate (n.)). Specifically in law, "send back (a prisoner) on refusing an application for discharge." Related: Remanded; remanding.
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